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Two vibrant writers discuss their debut collections of stories and essays that explore our city and belonging through food, memory, love, and quiet revolutions.
When | Āhea
Mon 6 Jul 2026, 12.15 to 1.15
Where | Ki hea
Rongomaraeroa, the marae, Level 4
Cost | Te utu
Free, with museum entry
Two fresh new immigrant voices burst onto Aotearoa’s literary scene this year, offering rich, delicious, challenging, and vibrant tales.
At the launch of his short story collection, Childish Palate, Shariff Burke said: “It is through the emotional truth of outsiders in this city that we glimpse... who we might want to be, of freedom, of possibility, and of the things that get in its way – what we hold in, what we give up.”
Those words are also apt for Joseph Trinidad’s essay collection, Lucky Creatures, winner of the 2023 Adam Foundation Prize and the inaugural Sarabande Prize.
They join Tina Makereti in a conversation about food, memory, belonging, love, and quiet revolutions.
Left: Joseph Trinidad photo credit Ebony Lamb, right: Shariff Burke, photo by Kaung Htet
Three innovative poets discuss their new collections, which look at the past, the self, and uneasy times.
Mon 13 Jul 2026, 12.15 to 1.15
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One of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most acclaimed writers, Elizabeth Knox, discusses her incredible memoir of a calamitous time.
Mon 20 Jul 2026, 12.15 to 1.15
Event Ngā kaupapa motuhake
The International Institute of Modern Letters presents a series of events highlighting the very latest work of Aotearoa New Zealand writers. A lively and stimulating way to begin the week.
From Mon 6 July
